Re: [ICANN-EU] .EU

["Andreas Fügner" <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com>]

Dear Jefsey:

>> >What I do care about, however, is the TLD's names policy.
>> >If we need .EU in the first place it should be open for all Europeans.
>> >Isn't it rediculous that non-EU members such as Switzerland have to
>> >go begging for admission?
>>Please do not mix the geographic area of Europe with the entity called
>>European Union.
>>Switzerland is not part of the European Union by choice!
>>One cannot choose to stay out of any union because of the member duties
>>and at the same time request the member benefits.
>
>There are many European instituations Switzerland, Poland, Russia
>are members of. 

So? That does not make them a member of the European Union.

>You confuse money and politics which means that
>ISO was right in considering  ".eu" for Euro.


Could you please point to the confusion?

There is the geographic region or the continent of Europe with 
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, 
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 
Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, 
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, 
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, 
Vatican City and Yugoslavia. 

Than there is the European Union with its 15 member states 
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, The 
Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

And as part of the European Union exists the European Monetary 
Union with the current members Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, 
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands.

AFAIK, the European Union wants the TLD .eu. 
That has nothing or very little to do with the Euro.

>Let accept that ".eu" was ill chosen by a Brussels clark. 

Why?

Andreas Fuegner